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Effective Environmental Strategies for the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse amond Adolescents in Europe

Effective Environmental Strategies for the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse amond Adolescents in Europe. An overview of AAA-prevent. Underage drinking worldwide problem. Traffic crashes, risky driving behaviour Intended and unintended injuries Precursive to violence

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Effective Environmental Strategies for the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse amond Adolescents in Europe

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  1. Effective Environmental Strategies for the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse amond Adolescents in Europe An overview of AAA-prevent

  2. Underage drinking worldwide problem • Traffic crashes, risky driving behaviour • Intended and unintended injuries • Precursive to violence • Associated with problem behaviours • Affects brain development • Associated with alcohol related disorders later

  3. Europe • Highest alcohol consumption among youngsters • Especially in western and eastern Europe • Divergent picture of prevalence rates • Problematic alcohol drinking is increasing • Initiation age is lowering • Number of girls involved in heavy drinking is increasing

  4. Preventive possibilities • Understanding patterns of alcohol use • Related to the country where you grow up • Related to risk factors which are associated with alcohol use

  5. Sample • ISRD-sample (2006; see Junger-Tas et al., 2009, 2011) • 57.771 youngsters • 25 European countries • Age 12-16 years

  6. Abstinence

  7. Last month life time beer

  8. Last month and life time spirits

  9. Binge drinking beer

  10. Binge drinking spirits

  11. Europe and country

  12. Theory

  13. Family • Strong relation on adolescents use of alcohol both on how much and on how often • Family structure and family control/bonding protect • Family affluence as well as negative life events lead to more use

  14. Alcohol use and Family Risk Factors (AOR)

  15. School • Strong effect on alcohol use • Important setting to influence adolescent alcohol use • School disorganization and social bonding show strong effects

  16. Alcohol use and School Risk factors (AOR)

  17. Peer • Inportant domain when relation with family becomes less and with friends stronger • We find here the strongest relation • Delinquent friends or deviant behaviour

  18. Alcohol use and Peer Risk factors (AOR)

  19. Individu • Low self-control and Attitudes towards violence are related to alcohol use • Important factors for preventive action

  20. Alcohol use and Individual Risk Factors (AOR)

  21. Community/Neighbourhood • Bonding to neighbourhood decrease alcohol use of adolescents • Adolescents who live in disorganized neighbourhood use more alcohol

  22. Alcohol use and Neighbourhood Risk Factors (AOR)

  23. Multilevel analysis • Influence of country on alcohol use • Combination of individual variables and country variables • Analyzing patterns of use

  24. ICC • Alcohol life time prevalence 14% • Alcohol last month prevalence 9% • Drunkeness 10% • Binge drinking 10%

  25. Multilevel class analyse as an example • Alcohol use ever • Alcohol use last month • Drunkeness • Binge drinking • Abstainers

  26. Latent classes traditional • Abstainers (37,1%) • Moderate drinkers (39,6%) • Heavy drinkers (23,3%)

  27. Latent classes of countries • LOW drinking countries (n=12.879; N=7: Bosnia-Herz., Cyprus, France, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Spain). • low drinking countries (n=16.179; N=6: Armenia, Belgium, Italy, Russia, Slovenia, Sweden) • heavy drinking countries (n=17.865; N=8: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Estonia) • HEAVY drinking countries (n=10.101; N=4: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithunia)

  28. Multilevel classes

  29. Multilevel analysis of prevention • Family • School • Peers • Individu • Neighbourhood • Country

  30. Effective programs • Target • Group • Age • Risk Factor • Method • Literature • Organisation • Evaluation

  31. Thanks!Harrie JonkmanHJonkman@Verwey-Jonker.nlMajone SteketeeMSteketee@Verwey-Jonker.nl

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